I moved a few bulbs around today to optimize the z-wave mesh on my system. I almost burned my fingers on the base of my GE/Wink bulb. It was more than 185 F a few minutes after I removed it from a recessed fixture. I was surprised at the temperature but a quick search of the forum confirms that high temps are normal for this line of LED bulb.
This bulb was installed upside-down in a recessed “can” fixture.
The GE Link bulbs are zigbee so they will not help your z-wave mesh
Thanks for pointing that out. That said, the reason I moved the GE/Wink bulbs to a different location was so I could put some newer SmartThings bulbs in a better position to optimize the mesh.
The SmartThings brand bulbs are also zigbee.
Most smartbulbs are either zigbee or Wi-Fi. Aeotec, GoControl and Inovelli make zwave bulbs, but that’s unusual.
Thank you JDRoberts. I checked the specs on the Samsung bulb and you are correct. https://www.samsung.com/us/smart-home/smartthings/bulbs/smartthings-smart-bulb-gp-lbu019bbawu/
